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Giles Robson and The Dirty Aces are fast rising stars on the UK and international music scenes. Robson first came to the attention of the UK national press in 2010 when backing blues legend Muddy Waters’ eldest son Mud Morganfield. At a packed show in central London, The Daily Express praised his “Exquisite harmonica” and The Dirty Aces were described as “Virtuosi”. The Express’s Paul Stewart stated that Robson could “Possibly be the best harmonica player on the blues scene today” and praised Filip Kozlowski’s “Cutting guitar” and lauded the band as a “Great blues combo”. “A track called “The Mighty Incinerator” from the band’s 3 track promo CD was played on BBC Radio 2′s Paul Jones show and was immediately spotted by Chris Evans and played on his Breakfast show the next morning with Evans stating “This is so good”. This is the first time in the Paul Jones show history that a track has been heard by a mainstream radio 2 DJ and chosen spontaneously to be played on their show.
The band was formed by Giles Robson and guitarist Filip Kozlowski in 2007 playing together in different bands on the island’s fertile music scene. They were immediately spotted online by Grammy award winning harmonica ace Sugar Blue. “Great harp and guitar, you cats play like you mean it!”. Rave reviews followed. Alan Candy of Luton Today wrote “If you like blues, rock and plenty of originality, look no further than these aces…… Raw and dirty sounds, ace delivery…. Robson happens to sing like a blues hero of mine — the late, great Rory Gallagher. ” Classic Rock magazine predicted the “These boys have aces up their sleeves”. They were chosen by Tom Robinson to have one of their tracks played on the first BBC6 music “Introducing” show.
